St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-30
Gov. Church, Of Dakota, Says Few
Words on His Way to
Washington.
he Fingers in st. Paul Long Enough
to Eat Two Dozen Raw
Oysters.
G. II. Wood, of Mandan, Says the
Flood Has Done No Material
Damage There.
Il. T.. Fisk Says Helena Doesn't Want
BOOM Maj. Otis Back
From Chicago.

uair W Walter III the Ryan care yesterday
afternoon. This was Louis X. Church, Da-
kota's new governor, and he devoured the
succulent bivalves as though his appetite
hadn't been satisfied before for many weeks
COL Harris, OF Aberdeen, appointed to the
ONCE OF public examiner for South Dakota,
occupied chair near Gov. Church, and
placed himself outside a pint of ale while the
executive Was putting the molusks out OF
sight, The governor arrived in the city
yesterday noon on the Northern Pacific train
from the North, coming directly from Bis
marck, and he left last night for the East.
HIS trip will extend as far East as Washing
ton, where he will cross hands with President
Cleveland. and have friendly talk with him
| regarding affairs i'll the territory over which
he presides. He will probably return in about
three weeks, and said casually yesterday that
lnaSmuch as the interstate commerce bill had
headed OH free transportation, ne stood u
good show Of walking back. The governor,
before he left Bismarck, filled out the CON-
mission of DR.. Swain, of Wahpeton. as SUPER
lntendenr of the board of public health, and
yesterday telegraphed his son to send the
commission TO him, as he had become salts
NED that the appointment was proper one.
Dr. Swain is Democrat, and ran last fall
against Mic Cumber for the territorial coun-
Gil, out was laid out. DR.. Alloway, of Grand
Forks, as was predicted, was appointed
veterinary surgeon, vice Louis Patnand, re-
signed, and he also received the appointment
OF deputy veterinarian of Montana. DR..
| Alloway is man well fitted for the position,
ana MS appointment gives general satisfac-
| ton. The question as to who would be the
| next president of Dakota came up, but the
governor frankly said he didn't know him
self. When the name of John d. LAWYER of
Mitchell, was mentioned, he said he had
| very high opinion Of Mr.. Lawler but farther
than that would not commit himself There
nave Deen rumorS af1Oat that all was not
serene between the governor aud Secretary
Mccormack, and that the latter stood a good
show of having his head shaved Off his shoul-
ders. but the governor says that there is no
trouble between them. A few days ago he
had quiet talk with Mccormack and told
him some things that he had failed to catch
on to, and the sky above them was cloudless.
save film of disappointment that the secre-
tary can't seem to get over, but will probably
outgrow in time. In the course of his con-
versation, Gov. Church said that there was
no danger of any additional tax levy for the
purpose of meeting the appropriations. In
regard to the purport OF his visit to Washing
ten the governor was silent. and no amount
OF coaxing would bring from him even hint
regarding it. Regarding the secretary of the
new board Of railroad commissioners, he said
he thought Quinn would get there without
doubt When the name of Mai. Edwards is
mentioned to the governor he smiles quietly
and says he don't think Edwards feels so
sorely towards him as he does towards some
other people, and he has no idea that the
major will antagoniZe his administration. He
believes that there is more talk over the mat
ter than is called for.
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A leading Dakotan, on the Democratic side
OF the house. at the Ryan yesterday, said that
while Gov. Church WAS in Huron after the ad-
journment of the legislature, gang of hard
sheiled Republicans in Jamestown, With
Wade at their head, attempted to put up a
game on him that would have worked great
benefit to jamestown. 1t seems this enter
prising city has her eye anxiously on the ter
r1torlal fair and has been figuring right lively
toeet it. Wade conceived the idea of sending
In list of nine men to the governor asking
him TIC appoint them the agricultural board of
North Dakota The list was sent in, and when
Gov. Church returned from Huron he found
il awaiting his approval. He smelt a rat, aud
after looking around a little, found that the
nine men recommended were Republicans
and in favor of holding the fair at James
town. This wasn't exactly in accordance
with Gov. Church's ideas, and he struck off
six of the names presented and substituted
the names OF SIX good, sQuare-toed Demo-
Gratis, land now" said the Dakota man, 1.-THE
people of jamestown are wondering where in
the ID the fair is to be held"
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G. Fl. Wood, of Mandan, OAK, and manager
of the Mandan roller mills, was at the Mer-
chants yesterday, on his way home from Chi
cago, where he has been spending few days
He says the newspaper correspondents have
greatly overdrawn the extent of the flood in
their eagerness to make their reports sensa-
tional, and charges the editor of the Bismarck
Tribune with taking mean advantage of an
opportunity to do Mandan an injury. He
says that Mandan has not suffered from the
flood materially. Some of the cellars
in the town were flooded. but beyond
this no damage was done. Mr.. Wood say
his residence was in the lowest part of the
town, and the water didn't come within two
inches of the floor in his house. He seems
confident that Mandan will experience re-
yiYal OF business this spring. though he
does not look for boom, and doesn't want
one. He speaks in a guarded manner of a
new railroad connecting Mandan with the
Black Hills country, that is an assumed prof.
ect, and which will have the effect of BOOM
ing Mandan property.
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r. E. Fisk, editor and proprietor of the
Helena Herald, was at the Merchants yester-
day on his way home from Chicago accom-
panied by his daughter Grace. Mr. Fish
came through ST. Paul in 1866, and at that
time said Third street was about the only
street in the city on which any business was
done. He says Helena is moving right along
with steady, prosperous swing, and is bound
to be one of the richest cities in the North |
west Last year buildings were erected at an |
aggregate cost of 81, 500, O00 and the building |
y
He says the city don't know what boom is |
and don't want to. She has struck q healthy
successful way OF growing and is perfectly |
satisfied. 1t was intimated TO him that a !
gang of real estate spectators from the East
were going out there to get up a craze He
smiled calmly and said the boys would find q |
class of men who could nestle right alongside
of them till they got tired, if necessary.
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Maj. Otis, veteran newspaper man of the
Northwest, recently editor of the Bismarck
Journal and council reporter of the Bismarck
Tribune, was in the CITY yesterday. The
major is well known among old time St. Paul
citizens, as this used to be his old stamping
grounds, and he rustled for news here when
Dayton's bluff and st. Anthony. hill were out
lying districts. Speaking of outlying dis
tricts recalls an incident that occurred during
the session of the Dakota legislature last win
ter. Maj. Otis was reporting the senate pro-
ceedings, and whenever Alex Hughes would
get on his feet to make a speech, he would
refer to Dakota as an outlying province The
major had listened to this reference until it
began to pail upon his ears, and one day,
when Hughes had made his usual remark
about the location of Dakota, the major wrote
a note to Hughes and sent it around to him
by the page. 1t read as follows:
s'You say Dakota is an outlying province.
You bet 1t is, it can outlie any province,
state or territory on earth. For some rea-
son Hughes thereafter refrained from refer
ring to Dakota as an outlying province. The
major has been to Chicago 10 purchase
plant for new weekly he proposes to start